Nevada Geothermal Rights: When a Mineral Reservation Includes Heat
Nevada law treats geothermal heat as real property, not a standard mineral. If your family severed the minerals decades ago, you might not own what you think.
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Texas Retained-Acreage Clauses: How One Well Can Hold a Lease
A single producing well can lock up your entire Texas mineral lease for decades. Here is how retained acreage and depth severance clauses actually work.
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11 on this pageMississippi Alternate Charges: How Nonconsent Affects Mineral Owners
In Mississippi, ignoring a pooling notice doesn't block the well. It turns your royalties into a massive cost-recovery account for the operator.
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Montana — The 50% Problem: How Montana Forced Pooling Can Drag Holdouts Into Bakken Wells
Ignoring a lease offer in eastern Montana won't stop the drill bit. Here is how Montana's forced pooling laws turn your silence into a 200% penalty.
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The Produced Water Gold Rush: Why the Operator Gets to Sell Your 'Waste'
New Mexico law cut landowners out of a billion-dollar secondary market for recycled frack water. Here is how operators ended up with the rights to your water.
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The Renewable Blockade: When Solar Farms Pave Over Your Oil Rights
Solar developers are securing 50-year surface leases across the Mid-Continent. Here is what happens when those panels block access to your mineral rights.
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The Seismicity Squeeze: When RRC Saltwater Disposal Shut-Ins Freeze Your Royalties
Your Permian well didn't run dry. The state just banned the operator from disposing of the wastewater. How earthquakes are halting Texas royalty checks.
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Indiana Mineral Lapse Law: Notice and the 20-Year Rule
Indiana has one of the harshest dormant mineral laws in the country. If you do nothing for 20 years, your property rights vanish. Here is how it works.
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The Shale That Cannot Be Touched: How New York Turned Mineral Rights Into a Political Souvenir
New York banned fracking, stranding billions in Marcellus shale gas. Now, Southern Tier mineral owners are fighting back with a constitutional lawsuit.
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Kansas Mineral Owner Notices: Newspaper Publication and Due Process
How the Kansas Mineral Lapse Act lets surface owners reclaim your dormant mineral rights using a 60-day clock and a small-town classified ad.
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Ohio Forced Unitization: What the 65% Rule Means for Mineral Owners
Refusing a bad oil and gas lease in Ohio doesn't protect your minerals. It just gives the state the power to force you into a drilling unit on their terms.
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The Los Angeles Phase-Out: How Urban Drilling Bans Are Stranding Mineral Rights
California lawmakers are handing cities the power to ban oil production. If you own royalties under Los Angeles, your asset has a rigid expiration date.
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